Roll Call Vote #297 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Nov 7, 1997, 2:30 PM (ET)
On the Nomination PN255 (PN 255)
Vice Admiral Roger T. Rufe, U. S. Coast Guard, to be Commander, Atlantic Area, United States Coast Guard, with the grade of vice admiral while so serving
Nomination Confirmed (93-6)
93 Yea
6 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 50 senators
43 Yea / 6 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 41 senators
41 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Conrad Burns (Republican–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Paul Coverdell (Republican–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Larry Craig (Republican–ID) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Michael Enzi (Republican–WY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lauch Faircloth (Republican–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Rod Grams (Republican–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 93
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- William Frist (TN)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 6
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Rod Grams (MN)
Not Voting 1
- Ben Campbell (CO)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).